| 单词 | to pass the time of day |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto pass the time of day (iii) to pass the time of day: to exchange greetings, pleasantries, or casual remarks; to spend time chatting, usually briefly. ΚΠ 1835 N.-Y. Spectator 22 June This [sc. ‘howdy’] is an idiom, and corresponds rather to our fashion of ‘passing the time of day’ with a man. 1854 A. E. Baker Gloss. Northants. Words I. 175 ‘To pass the time of day’. To greet in passing, as ‘Good morning’, &c. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. 280 I was just passing the time of day with old Troy..and be damned but a bloody sweep came along and he near drove his gear into my eye. 1965 Listener 23 Sept. 453/2 The English chaps would pretend..to be very friendly and jovial and pass the time of day and that sort of thing. 2000 F. Keane Stranger's Eye 159 Men were starting to patrol without flak jackets and stopping to pass the time of day with people on the street. < as lemmas |
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